WorldBBCKim Jong-un: North Korea sees 'grave incident’ after Covid lapses
Kim Jong-un has berated top officials over lapses which caused a "grave incident" related to Covid-19, North Korean state media report. It was a rare sign of the pandemic's severity in North Korea, which previously insisted it had no Covid cases - a claim doubted by experts. In remarks reported by state news outlet KCNA, Mr Kim accused senior officials of negligence at a specially convened meeting of party leaders.
PoliticsAxiosSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem deploys National Guard to U.S-Mexico Border
The big picture: The deployment to the border is slated to last 30–60 days and will be paid for by a private donation, Noem's office said. Between the lines: Abbott has routinely fought with the Biden administration on issues around the U.S.-Mexico border. In May, Abbott issued a directive to deny or discontinue state licenses for facilities that have partnered with the Federal government, potentially forcing the relocation of 4,223 migrant children.
U.S.Washington ExaminerFormer Disney star charged with felony immoral communication with minor
Cory in the House star Kyle Massey could spend time in the big house after being accused of sending pornographic material to a minor. Massey, 29, was charged with felony immoral communication with a minor on June 14 in King County, Washington, after an unnamed 13-year-old girl and her mother first brought a lawsuit against him in 2019, according to court documents first obtained by TMZ. The March 2019 lawsuit seeking $1.5 million alleged Massey "held himself out as a father figure" to the girl in 2018 and requested to be her friend on Snapchat, at which point, he sent her "numerous sexually explicit text messages, images and videos."
PoliticsThe WeekNew York elections board says mayoral vote 'discrepancy' was 135,000 extra 'dummy' ballots, starts count over
New York City's first mayoral election using ranked-choice voting is not going well. The city Board of Elections released an unofficial count of ranked in-person Democratic primary votes on Tuesday, then acknowledged there was a "discrepancy" in the numbers. At 10:30 p.m., the board explained that this "discrepancy" was 135,000 "dummy" ballots that should not have been counted.
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In twin building of Miami complex that collapsed, most residents remain
About a block from the Miami-area beachfront condominium tower that collapsed sits its sister building, erected a year later by the same company, using the same materials and a similar design. This has made some residents of Champlain Towers North worried enough to leave, though most have remained.
WorldAssociated PressEthiopia hints at Tigray military move; cease-fire in doubt
Ethiopia's government says its military could re-enter the capital of its embattled Tigray region within weeks, calling into question the unilateral cease-fire it declared in Tigray just days ago. Redwan Hussein, spokesman for the Tigray emergency task force, spoke to reporters on Wednesday in Ethiopia's first public remarks since its soldiers retreated from the Tigray capital and other parts of the region on Monday in a dramatic turn in the nearly eight-month war. The Tigray forces that have retaken key areas after fierce fighting have rejected the cease-fire, telling The Associated Press it was a “sick joke' and vowing to chase out Ethiopian forces and those of neighboring Eritrea.
WorldThe ConversationChina's 'one-child policy' left at least 1 million bereaved parents childless and alone in old age, with no one to take care of them
From 1980 to 2015, the Chinese government limited couples to one child only. I have interviewed over 100 Chinese parents who started their families during this period and have since lost their only child – whether to illness, accident, suicide or murder. Having passed reproductive age at the time of their child's death, these couples were unable to have another child.
U.S.The WeekGalveston County, 400 miles from the Texas-Mexico border, declares an emergency over 'border crisis'
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is hosting former President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the Texas-Mexico border, where Abbott is using an unprecedented May 31 border "disaster" declaration to spend state funds on a border wall he has pledged to build. Abbott amended his order on Monday, giving the 34 border counties a chance to opt out of his emergency declaration and other counties a chance to join — 11 counties dropped out, and five new counties joined, some of them 300 miles or more away from the border. Galveston County County Judge Mark Henry (R) said Tuesday that he has signed a local disaster declaration in response to the "ongoing border crisis."
U.S.CBS NewsDeath toll rises in Florida condo collapse
The confirmed death toll in the condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida, rose to at least 12 on Tuesday, according to Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. Klisheimer has extensive experience investigating other disasters like the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon and the Florida International University bridge collapse in 2018.
WorldLA TimesAn Indian island paradise escaped COVID-19. Then a Hindu nationalist official arrived
Patel lifted restrictions on travel to the islands that had kept Lakshadweep remarkably free of COVID-19. The relaxation came just as India's disastrous second wave was developing, resulting in a sudden and deadly outbreak in the island community. But what sparked protests and turned this rarely noticed collection of reefs into national news was prompted when Patel, a loyalist of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, introduced sweeping plans to overhaul life in the Muslim enclave.
LifestyleArchitectural Digest15 Best Tiny House Rentals on Airbnb and Beyond (2021)
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U.S.Kansas City StarKansas City, Kansas, police shot and killed 2 suspects in 5 days. Here’s what we know — and don’t
Authorities are investigating after two suspects were fatally shot by police in separate incidents within five days of each other in Kansas City, Kansas. Nancy Chartrand, a spokeswoman with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department, on Monday called the two shootings within a week of each other “highly uncommon.” On Father's Day, officers fatally shot Dario Dominguez, 25, who was suspected in an armed carjacking days prior.
PoliticsMiami HeraldSurfside resident Ivanka Trump quietly helped out after tower collapse, reports say
Ivanka Trump is helping. The part-time Surfside resident donated money after the partial collapse of the Champlain Tower South on Thursday, NBC6 reports. An insider told the station the former first daughter helped financially with an effort to get food to first responders and volunteers.
WorldThe TelegraphLord Heywood's widow warns the Greensill inquiry will 'dump the blame' on him
The widow of Lord Heywood has warned that the Government's inquiry into lobbying will “dump all the blame” on him, as she protested that his perspective has not been represented in the probe. Lady Heywood, 52, spoke out in an interview with The Telegraph ahead of the conclusion on Wednesday of the Boardman review into Greensill Capital. She raised concerns that her late husband Jeremy, who was Cabinet secretary at the time the controversial Australian banker Lex Greensill enjoyed access to No 10, has been used as a “convenient scapegoat” by politicians caught up in the resulting lobbying scandal.
WorldCBS NewsU.S. troops leaving Afghanistan on brink of all-out civil war
U.S. officials have said the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan will most likely be finished by July 4. Behind them, they'll leave Afghanistan's own security forces struggling to defend their country from a brazen Taliban offensive. CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata went to the front line in the still-raging war this week with Afghan forces.
U.S.Fort Worth Star-Telegram48-year-old man stabbed to death by son during dispute in Fort Worth, police say
A 48-year-old man was stabbed to death Sunday afternoon during a domestic dispute with his son at a Fort Worth apartment, Fort Worth police said. Detectives did not release any information on a motive for the fatal stabbing. The victim has been identified as Roderick Damon Miles, according to officials with the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office. He died from a stab wound to his chest and his death has been ruled a homicide.
U.S.Kansas City StarMissouri students pilloried for white supremacist gesture were doing no such thing
A Poplar Bluff High School alum wants to apologize to some 2021 graduates of her old high school for inadvertently spreading misinformation about them on social media. In the photo, the students were mimicking a hand gesture made popular by Michael Jordan after he and his Chicago Bulls twice won the NBA national title three years in a row — a three-peat. Like Jordan, the students are holding up three fingers, palms turned inward.
WorldBBCNew UK laws to sweep away EU state aid rules
New legislation set to replace EU rules will grant the government and councils greater freedom to support businesses, the business secretary has said. The Subsidy Control Bill will replace EU-wide state aid rules, which require member states to seek approval for government assistance to firms. Ministers said the rules will allow the government to help companies with grants or loans faster.
U.S.USA TODAY'Scared and confused': Elderly inmate sent home during COVID is back in prison after going to computer class
On June 16, about a year after the Justice Department allowed her to serve her sentence at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, Levi was re-arrested for violating the terms of her home confinement, her attorney, Sapna Mirchandani said. Levi attended a computer class in Baltimore four days earlier, believing she had been approved to do so. Officials at her halfway house pinged her ankle monitor and called her several times after realizing she wasn't home.
U.S.INSIDERFamily members of a couple missing in the Florida condo collapse continue to receive phantom phone calls from their landline. Experts don't know why.
The family of a couple still missing in the Florida condo collapse keeps getting calls from them. The calls come from a landline, but experts don't know why, The Washington Post reported. The family of an elderly couple still missing in the Florida condo collapse is getting phone calls from their landline number and experts aren't exactly sure why, The Washington Post reported.
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Israeli forces demolish Palestinian shop
Israeli forces have razed a Palestinian shop in East Jerusalem to the ground. The demolition of the store, located in the Silwan neighborhood, has triggered scuffles between police and protesters. The latter accuse authorities of discriminatory enforcement of building permits in the holy city.
PoliticsThe IndependentBiden says Iran will ‘never’ get a nuclear weapon on his watch
Joe Biden promised Israel he wouldn't allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons “on his watch” while warning that the US Commander in Chief doesn't need Congressional approval to drop more bombs in the Middle East. Mr Biden rattled the sabre during his first meeting as president with Israeli officials after he was blasted by Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Democrat efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal. The president ordered an airstrike on Iran-backed militia groups on the Iraq and Syria border region on Monday in his second military action to bypass Congress's Authorisation for Use of Military Force (AMUF).
U.S.Architectural DigestMore of This Vibrant Lake Champlain Family Escape
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PoliticsBusiness InsiderSeveral longtime allies of Kamala Harris are being shut out by her chief of staff, with some having difficulty getting their phone calls returned: report
The chief of staff to Vice President Kamala Harris has shut out a group of longtime political and business allies from reaching the former California senator as the Biden administration grapples over voting rights and immigration at the US-Mexico border, according to a CNBC report on Tuesday. Harris, who was inaugurated as vice president in January, has failed to return phone calls to several individuals who describe themselves as part of her inner circle, which includes key backers of her 2016 Senate and 2020 presidential campaigns, CNBC reported.
U.S.BuzzFeed NewsHe Saw His Mother’s Condo Crash Down In The Surfside Building Collapse. Now He’s Demanding Accountability.
A water lover, Elena Blasser adored that her two-bedroom condo on the 11th floor of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, had views of both the ocean and the pool. “From up there, you saw the cracks around the pool deck,” Pablo Rodriguez, 40, told BuzzFeed News, standing just blocks away from where his 64-year-old mother's building collapsed as many residents slept around 1:30 a.m. last Thursday. Now both women are among the 150 people missing in the Surfside building collapse, where 11 people have been confirmed dead and a massive search operation continues.
“Obamacare is getting stronger every time the Republicans try to kill it.”
“It is far from certain the Supreme Court will safeguard the Affordable Care Act the next time the law reaches the court’s chambers.”
“Although ACA cost Obama an enormous amount, it’s become clear that he will have the last laugh.”
“Even the feistiest Republicans have given up talking seriously about repeal.”
“Current and future cases will largely concern the administration and enforcement of the ACA, not its underlying architecture.”